TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Wednesday  January 6, 2016.   
    This is the 6th day of the year, there are 360 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current   
       weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center   
       website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov   
       In 1880 Seattle WA was in the midst of their worst snowstorm of   
               record.  Hundreds of barns were destroyed, and transportation   
               was brought to a standstill, as the storm left the city   
               buried under four feet of snow.   
       In 1884 The temperature dipped to one degree below zero at Atlanta   
               GA. It marked the final day of a severe arctic outbreak in   
               the South and Midwest.   
       In 1987 A storm moving across the western U.S. spread heavy snow into   
               the Central Rockies.  Casper WY received 14 inches of snow in   
               24 hours, a January record for that location.  Big Piney WY   
               reported 17 inches of snow.   
       In 1988 It was a bad day for chickens.  Heavy snow in Arkansas, with   
               totals ranging up to 16 inches at Heber Springs, killed 3.5   
               million chickens, and snow and ice up to three inches thick   
               claimed the lives of another 1.75 million chickens in north   
               central Texas. Two million chickens in Alabama also died. Up   
               to 18 inches of snow blanketed Oklahoma, with Oklahoma City   
               reporting a record 12 inches of snow in 24 hours.   
       In 1989 A "bonafide blizzard" ripped through south central and   
               southeastern Idaho.  Strong winds, gusting to 60 mph at   
               the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, whipped the snow into   
               drifts five feet high, and produced wind chill readings as   
               cold as 35 degrees below zero. The blizzard prompted an   
               Idaho Falls air controller to remark that "the snow is   
               blowing so hard you can't see the fog".   
       In 1990 Rain and gale force winds prevailed along the Northern   
               Pacific Coast. Winds at Astoria OR gusted to 65 mph.   
               Unseasonably warm weather prevailed over Florida.  Five   
               cities reported record high temperatures for the date,   
               including Miami with a reading of 86 degrees.  The hot   
               spot in the nation was West Palm Beach with a high of 87   
               degrees.   
      
      
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